Gujjar fraction announces agitation from Sunday

A section of the Gujjar community today announced to revive its agitation demanding five per cent reservation and withdrawal of cases against community members in Rajasthan.

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ITGD Bureau

Jaipur

December 18, 2010

UPDATED: December 18, 2010 20:40 IST

A section of the Gujjar community on Saturday announced to revive its agitation demanding five per cent reservation and withdrawal of cases against community members in Rajasthan.

The group, led by Ramvir Singh Bidhudi, announced that it will stage a mahapadav or sit-in near Arania railway station in Dausa district from Sunday if the government did not meet their demands by Saturday.

Five per cent reservation to Gujjars, withdrawal of cases against them and release of the community members lodged in jails after their previous agitation are the main demands, Bidhudi said.

"The state government has always misguided Gujjars on the issue. Earlier, Colonel Bainsla led the agitation but people of the community did not avail anything. Now we have decided to form a 31-member committee that will talk with the government and any individual will not talk with the government," Bidhudi told PTI from Karauli.

"Gujjars did not avail anything despite several sacrifices and this is all due to Colonel (Bainsla). We invited him in the meeting today but he did not come so Gujjars decided to boycott his leadership," he said.

Bainsla group has already announced that it will revive the agitation with the same demands from December 20.

With inputs from PTI

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